**Source**: [Claude Trading Skills Official Site](https://tradermonty.github.io/claude-trading-skills/en/)
**Tags**: #MarketAnalysis #ClaudeAI #StockResearch #MacroEconomics #AITrading #FinTech
Welcome back! Now that you’ve got Claude set up, it’s time to see what this AI can really do.
In Part 2, we’re focusing on the first 20 monitoring and research skills. These tools help you understand the “Big Picture”—is the market healthy? Which sectors are leading? Is there a bubble? We’ve summarized each skill with its specialized purpose and key features.
📊 1. Core Market Monitoring & Technicals
Understanding whether the market is in an “Uptrend” or “Downtrend” is the first rule of successful trading.
**#1. Sector Analyst**
- What it solves: It’s hard to manually track which industries (Semiconductors, Energy, etc.) are drawing the most capital right now.
- Key capabilities: Generates heatmaps and charts based on S&P 500 sector performance; automatically identifies leading vs. lagging sectors.
- Prompt Example: “Analyze the last week’s sector performance. Use the charts to identify the current leading industry.”
- Source: GitHub Link
**#2. Breadth Chart Analyst**
- What it solves: Helps you distinguish between a “fake rally” (led by only a few mega-caps) and a “healthy rally” (where most stocks are participating).
- Key capabilities: Analyzes the percentage of stocks above their moving averages; visualizes breadth indicators like the McClellan Oscillator.
- Prompt Example: “Check the S&P 500 breadth charts. Is this current rally supported by broad market participation?”
- Source: GitHub Link
**#3. Technical Analyst**
- What it solves: Saves time by automatically identifying support, resistance, and trends from chart images.
- Key capabilities: Analyzes RSI and MACD; identifies chart patterns; provides specific target prices and stop-loss levels.
- Prompt Example: “Read this AAPL chart. What are the key support levels and a potential entry point for a swing trade?”
- Source: GitHub Link
**#4. Market News Analyst**
- What it solves: Sifts through the noise of constant news headlines to find the few events that actually move stock prices.
- Key capabilities: Scores news impact (-10 to 10); categorizes risks vs. catalysts; provides daily sentiment summaries.
- Prompt Example: “What are the top 3 US market news stories today? Score their potential impact on tech stocks.”
- Source: GitHub Link
🌍 2. Macro Environment & Sentiment
**#5. US Market Bubble Detector**
- What it solves: Gives an objective measure of whether the market is in a dangerous bubble or just a normal uptrend.
- Key capabilities: Stages bubbles using the Minsky model; cross-references valuation metrics like Shiller PE (CAPE).
- Prompt Example: “What is the current US Market Bubble Score out of 12? Which phase of the Minsky model are we in?”
- Source: GitHub Link
**#6. Macro Regime Detector**
- What it solves: Helps you adjust your strategy based on whether we are in a period of inflation, stagflation, or recession.
- Key capabilities: Analyzes GDP and CPI trends; recommends the best asset classes for the current economic regime.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#7. Market Environment Analysis**
- What it solves: Synthesizes complex variables like USD strength, interest rates, and oil prices into a cohesive strategy for your portfolio.
- Key capabilities: Multi-asset correlation analysis; VIX (Volatility) checks; provides a strategic briefing for your specific trading style.
- Source: GitHub Link
📈 3. Deep-Dive Breadth & Flow
**#8. Market Breadth Analyzer (Quantitative)**
- What it solves: Moves beyond simple charts to provide a precision score for market health using six core mathematical indicators.
- Key capabilities: Scores market health (0-100) based on High/Low ratios and moving average participation.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#9. Uptrend Analyzer**
- What it solves: Scans nearly 2,800 US stocks in seconds to calculate what percentage are actually in an uptrend.
- Key capabilities: Full-market technical scan; identifies major market bottoms and tops based on trend participation.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#10. Institutional Flow Tracker**
- What it solves: Tracks where “Smart Money” (hedge funds and institutions) is moving by analyzing 13F filings.
- Key capabilities: Ranks institutional accumulation; tracks portfolio shifts of famous investors like Warren Buffett.
- Source: GitHub Link
💡 4. Themes & Strategic Research
**#11. Theme Detector**
- What it solves: Identifies hot themes (AI, Green Energy) and determines if they are just starting or reaching exhaustion.
- Key capabilities: Keyword clustering; theme momentum scoring; identifies “leader” stocks within a theme.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#12. Economic Calendar Fetcher**
- What it solves: Ensures you are never blindsided by major volatility events like FOMC meetings or CPI data releases.
- Key capabilities: Live calendar fetching; importance filtering; provides pre-and-post release response guides.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#13. Earnings Calendar**
- What it solves: Organizes upcoming earnings reports for key companies so you can prepare for earnings-based moves.
- Key capabilities: Summarizes major earnings by market cap; highlights analyst estimates for comparison.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#14. Scenario Analyzer**
- What it solves: Prepares you for the unknown by creating “What If” plans for various market scenarios (Bull/Base/Bear).
- Key capabilities: 18-month outlook generation; portfolio impact assessment; creates a step-by-step response manual.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#15. Data Quality Checker**
- What it solves: A safety tool that ensures Claude isn’t basing its analysis on faulty or corrupted data.
- Key capabilities: API integrity checks; outlier detection; provides a “Confidence Score” for the data being used.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#16. Stanley Druckenmiller Advisor**
- What it solves: Leverages the philosophy of Stanley Druckenmiller (who averaged 30% annual returns for 30 years) to evaluate your trade conviction.
- Key capabilities: High-conviction scoring; risk/reward verification based on Druckenmiller’s core principles.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#17. Options Strategy Advisor**
- What it solves: Simplifies the complex math of options to recommend the best strategies (Covered Calls, Spreads) for current volatility.
- Key capabilities: Implied Volatility (IV) analysis; Options Greeks calculation; visualizes risk/reward profiles.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#18. Market Top Detector**
- What it solves: Helps you identify when the party is ending so you can lock in profits before the crowd panics.
- Key capabilities: Tracks historical “Top” signals; monitors liquidity contraction; identifies heavy distribution days.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#19. Follow-Through Day (FTD) Detector**
- What it solves: Confirms if a bear market low is actually the start of a new bull market so you don’t jump in too early.
- Key capabilities: Automatically tracks volume-driven “Follow-Through Days”; analyzes the probability of a successful trend change.
- Source: GitHub Link
**#20. US Stock Analysis (Comprehensive)**
- What it solves: Generates a professional institutional-grade analyst report on any single stock in seconds.
- Key capabilities: Combines Fundamental (Earnings/Cash Flow) and Technical (Trend/Volume) analysis into one final verdict.
- Source: GitHub Link
🔚 Wrapping Up Part 2
We’ve now covered the skills that help you read the market’s Pulse. But knowing the market’s direction is only half the battle. “Which specific stocks should I buy?”
In [Part 3], we’ll explore the Screening & Portfolio Management skills (21-44) that find the biggest winners and help you manage risk like a hedge fund manager. Stay tuned!